x402-gated account balance endpoint on Base, paid per-call in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com exposes an account balance lookup at `/api/v1/accounts/21/balance` behind an x402 paywall. It accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) with a maximum cost of $0.02 per request (20,000 base units at 6 decimals). No API keys or rate limits are required — callers simply attach an X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof.
The provider, lowpaymentfee.com, hosts a broader catalog of x402-gated APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference (sentiment analysis, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance/crypto market data, and utility services (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation), all priced at $0.02 per request. However, this specific listing covers only the `/api/v1/accounts/21/balance` endpoint. The exact response schema and the meaning of "account 21" are not documented in the crawled material.
The endpoint is confirmed live: the probe received a proper HTTP 402 challenge with x402 version 1 headers. Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /api, /README) all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content, so details about request parameters, response fields, and error handling are unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data via a single paid API call
- —Agent-driven balance lookups without pre-registration or API keys
- —Programmatic access to account information settled in USDC on Base
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents that need keyless, pay-per-call API access
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol integrations
- —Scenarios requiring low-friction, no-subscription data access
Not for
- —High-volume balance polling where $0.02/request adds up quickly
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs before integrating
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/21/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_proof>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but there is no documentation, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what 'accounts/21/balance' actually returns. All doc pages render only a wallet-connect prompt. The listing is essentially a stub.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README all return only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no content.
- —The meaning of 'accounts/21/balance' is unexplained; it is unclear what account 21 refers to or what the response contains.
- —No request body schema or response schema is provided anywhere in the crawled material.
- —The broader site advertises many endpoints but none have documented behavior beyond a title and price.
Citations
- —Endpoint returns HTTP 402 with x402 version 1 challenge on Base network using USDChttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/21/balance
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (6 decimals = $0.02)https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/21/balance
- —Site advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/21/balance